A USPS worker died after collapsing in Little Elm earlier this week. The family of 58-year-old Umeshkumar Thakkar confirmed to FOX 4 that he died after collapsing during a shift with the United States Postal Service on Monday, July 20.

Investigation Underway

Surveillance footage near the corner of Thornhill Lane and Graystone Drive in Little Elm shows Thakkar’s USPS truck with its hazards on around 12:20 p.m. Around 2 p.m., Little Elm Fire received a 911 call about Thakkar, who had passed out in his truck and was unresponsive. Officials administered CPR, but Thakkar was pronounced dead.

The cause of Thakkar’s death is still under investigation, and it’s unclear if his death was related to the scorching temperatures across North Texas this week. A heat advisory was issued for much of North Texas on Monday, including Little Elm, as triple-digit temperatures set in across DFW on Monday.

Neighbors expressed concern about the working conditions of postal workers in the heat. Manny Ortiz, a neighbor, said, ‘They shouldn’t be working in this heat.’ Ximena Ayala, another neighbor, described the scene as ‘frantic’ with ‘somebody looking inside of the mail car looking frantic on the phone.’

Postal worker unions responded to Thakkar’s death, with the National Rural Letter Carrier’s Association extending its deepest condolences to his family, friends, and co-workers. Kimetra Lewis, the President of the National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 132, advocated for better conditions for all postal workers, saying, ‘If this doesn’t alert the Postal Service, it alerts the public, and they will rally together in our defense.’

Original reporting: Dallas – Ft. Worth Feed (HLL/CB) — read the source article.